North Fork Fire
Location: 16 mi W of Lander, Fremont Co. WY
Specific Location: Smith Lake, Cathedral Peak area, Wind River Range, Shoshone NF, Lat 42° 48´ 42″ Lon 109° 7´ 37″
Date of Origin: 08/18/2010
Cause: Under investigation
Situation as of 08/24/2010 5:00 pm
Personnel: 151
Size: 330 acres
Percent Contained: 98%
IR Flight showed no heat in or near the fire line. Demob of Type 3 team and resources. Type 4 organization taking over fire at 0600 tomorrow, 8/25. This will be the last report unless there is significant activity
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Situation as of 08/23/2010 5:00 pm
Personnel: 196
Size: 330 acres
Percent Contained: 95%
Excellent progress on containment objectives and turn back standards. Beginning to release resources. Trail closures. Fairfield Hill to Shoshone Lake (FS road 750), Shoshone Lake cutoff from Middle Fork (Trail 711 and North Fork Trail from Dickinson Park (Trail 710).
Firelines continue to hold through operational period. Low winds helped with the start of backhaul of crews and supplies. Smoldering in meadows and bogs. Burning of interior, heavy fuels.
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Situation as of 08/22/2010 4:00 pm
Personnel: 201
Size: 330 acres
Percent Contained: 85%
Continued progress with line construction. Released one type one aircraft to another incident. High winds and frontal conditions intensified. Firelines continue to hold through operational period. High winds have kept aircraft grounded in pm hrs.
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Situation as of 08/21/2010 4:30 pm
Personnel: 211
Size: 330 acres
Percent Contained: 65%
Resources continue to make progress on incident. Limited isolated torching in the interior perimeter. Creeping behavior on perimeter.
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Situation as of 08/20/2010 5:00 pm
Personnel: 211
Size: 330 acres
Percent Contained: 30%
Sunday is a key day in the weather forecast which may move the fire again. Type one resources and aviation assets are key to make progress on the fire over the weekend.
Crews will continue to build line with direct control objectives using air support to cool hot sections of fireline.
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Situation as of 08/19/2010 6:00 pm
Personnel: 226
Size: 330 acres
Percent Contained: 15%
Trail closures: Fairfield trail to Dickinson Park
Resources are arriving and being assigned to line operations. Crews will be line building with direct control objectives using air support to cool hot sections of line. Manage spots.
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Situation as of 08/18/2010 6:30 pm
Personnel: 46
Size: 150 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Running crowning with long range spotting. Planned Actions: Evaluate and develop plan of action. Major recreation area.
